Bow-Wow Nursery

BOW-WOW NURSERY

tai_tai STUDIO

Bow-Wow Nursery

ARCHITECTS
tai_tai STUDIO

DESIGN TEAM
tai_tai STUDIO/Hidekazu wakabayashi,hn Architects/Naoaki Hashimoto

FUNCTION
Nursery

PHOTOGRAPHY
Hisashi okamoto

SITE AREA
348.96㎡

STRUCTURE
Steel

ARCHITECTURAL AREA
126.88㎡

TOTAL FLOOR AREA
259.60㎡

COMPLETED
2016

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Tachikawa City, Tokyo

TYPE
Educational › Nursery

Bow-Wow Nursery
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In Tokyo many children will not be able to enroll in nursery school. Because a small number of nursery school compared to the large population.

The building was created in order to increase the capacity of existing small nursery.

Bow-Wow Nursery
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Bow-Wow Nursery
©Hisashi okamoto

The appearance of this building in order to better harmonize with the surrounding landscape, has been sampling the facial profile and materials and colors that are often used in houses around. we have to re-configured them for this nursery.

It also has adopted the children is easy to remember gable.

Bow-Wow Nursery
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Bow-Wow Nursery
©Hisashi okamoto


The first floor is a 0-year-old children care spaces. Milk formula or bathing or medical office are located.

The second floor is a three to five-year-olds of space.

Bow-Wow Nursery
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Bow-Wow Nursery
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There is a small house in the center. It is a toilet for the children.


In Japan, there are some of the advanced criteria for space of the children.

Bow-Wow Nursery
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Bow-Wow Nursery

They are the prohibition of hazardous chemicals in the air, limit of material that can be used in children room, the rules of the details for the children's safety….


We designed to clear all rules for this space.


Bow-Wow Nursery
Bow-Wow Nursery
Bow-Wow Nursery
Bow-Wow Nursery
Bow-Wow Nursery
©Hisashi okamoto